Walking from the North Side of Kyoto Station to the South Side on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 - Video

Why don't I have any video from my ryokan hotel last night? Why am I back in Kyoto?

Answer: I forgot. It's raining (clearing in the afternoon); however...

My ryokan hotel was in Kusatsu, Shiga-ken and it's claim to (former) fame is its nautical theme. The building is shaped like a boat. Actually... the place was sad. It was only me and one other party last night. When I checked in, they said that they reserved the men's bath for me (using limited English). What? Huh? I didn't ask for a private bath. When I used it after dinner, I realized that I was only one of two guests. The other guests had the women's bath. I had a bath that could serve maybe 25 people to myself (including the rotenburo).

I had visited the tourist information center in Uji yesterday. As expected, they had a bunch of flyers about Hibike Euphonium anime. In fact, there was an active collaboration with the anime because the movie was about to be released. I bought all of the decent swag and took the flyers. Last night, I looked through the flyers and found a pop-up collaboration cafe in Kyoto and an exhibition inside Kyoto Tower. This took up the morning.